How To Avoid Tariffs And Buy Tires Made Here In Texas

It might be less challenging than you think to get a tire made in the USA. There are only two genuine American tire manufacturing companies. 

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Goodyear and Cooper Tires are both American-owned companies that make tires in the United States. They also manufacture tires in other countries.

Tires are large and bulky, and we use so many that usually the tires we see on the road in any country were most likely manufactured there. According to Utires.com, there is an easy way to read the front of the tire to see where it was made.

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If you need new tires and you want to avoid a set not made in America, a good place to start is a brand that makes tires in the USA. Many tire manufacturing companies have changed hands over the years.

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Brands that you might perceive as American might now be owned by a company in another country. BFGoodrich is now owned by the French company Michelin, and Firestone is now part of the Japanese Bridgestone.

Goodyear has 48 facilities in 21 countries, with 17 here in the USA. If you have Goodyear Tires, check the two letters after DOT. Tires made after 2015 should have a three-digit plant code.

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Most of the American plants just added the number 1 before the code they were already using. There are only two places in Texas that make tires.

03U    -   DBL Design Hurst, Texas

236 or 3G  - Titan Tire Corp. of Texas - Brownsville

Goodyear USA Tire Plant Codes

• M6 – Lawton, Oklahoma.
• MB – Akron, Ohio.
• MC – Danville, Virginia.
• MD – Gadsden, Alabama.
• MJ – Topeka, Kansas.
• MK – Union City, Tennessee.
• MM, PJ – Fayetteville, North Carolina.
• MN – Freeport, Illinois.
• MP, PL – Tyler, Texas (old plant).

To find a complete list of tire codes, CLICK HERE.